Halloween upgrade

It's Halloween in a few days, and for the occasion, the first upgrade for Litte Brats! is already available! On the program? A seasonal theme, a 1 vs 1 split-screen mode, and more!

An autumnal look

Of course, the most visible feature is the introduction of seasonal scenery: for the duration of autumn (in the northern hemisphere, as the game's school is in France), playtime will take place in pastel-orange hues, with its deluge of dead leaves. Other seasonal themes will be added in future upgrades.

For a few days, Halloween decorations will also be available: skeletons, bats, cobwebs... A few new skins elements have also been added to character creation. These elements will remain available afterwards, even if some are thematically linked to Halloween.

1 vs 1 mode

This is a mode I'd planned to include from the very start, but which was absent from V1 due to lack of time... I've since been asked for it again, and it's now integrated into the game: the 1 vs 1 split-screen mode.

This means you can now play with two people behind the same computer, sharing the keyboard or using controllers (or a controller and keyboard, etc.).

New items

Three new items have been added to the list of games your little brats can play:

• the seesaw: just like the merry-go-round, this is a game that earns you more points if you play it with someone else! So you'll have to put aside fighting with your comrades (at least temporarily).
• the bubble wand: for this one, I must confess to one thing... it's not really a novelty. In fact, this object was in the game code from the start (it even appeared in the trailer), but due to a bug, it was never instantiated during gameplay! This has now been corrected, and you can now enjoy this pretty bubble wand...
• the cuddly toy: a rather special toy, as it will give you permanent fun points, even if you “don't use it”... and it won't prevent you from running, unlike the other items. On the other hand, the fun you get out of it is relatively low...

Other small additions

A few bugs have been fixed, and several improvements have been made: a game creation menu has been added to unclutter the home screen; using the joystick in menus has been facilitated by better displays of active buttons. The key change menu has also been fixed with the joystick (in V1, there were unwanted line breaks).

Happy Halloween and enjoy the game!

I hope you enjoy this first upgrade... see you in a few weeks for the next one, in which I'll certainly ask you what you'd like to see. As I've said many times before, “this is just the beginning!”

Happy Halloween and happy gaming!